NCAA Football Rankings

Mon, Jan 1, 0001

This list of top 50 teams in the country is based on a simple script I wrote to analyze the strength of schedule of each team based on the win/loss record of their opponents. This should remove all of the bias inherent in the electoral voting systems and appropriately reward wins against strong opponents.

This data was gathered from the ESPN standings on October 30, 2014 at 07:08:17 Pacific.

Quality of wins + Quality of losses, divided by number of games played
Rank	Team	W	L	CFP	AP	USA	ESPN	QoW	QoL	Base	Score
1	Mississippi State	7	0	1	1	1	1	78281	0	78281	11183
2	Auburn	6	1	3	4	4	7	68723	0	68723	9817
3	Oregon	7	1	5	5	6	4	77879	-2178	75701	9462
4	Arizona	6	1	12	14	15	13	68756	-4931	63825	9117
5	Ole Miss	7	1	4	7	9	10	63593	0	63593	7949
6	Florida State	7	0	2	2	2	2	53474	0	53474	7639
7	Utah	6	1	17	18	18	17	52807	-7216	45591	6513
8	Georgia	6	1	11	9	8	8	47757	-2224	45533	6504
9	Notre Dame	6	1	10	6	7	6	44088	0	44088	6298
10	LSU	7	2	19	16	17	19	56111	0	56111	6234
11	Alabama	7	1	6	3	3	3	49702	0	49702	6212
12	UCLA	6	2	22	25	25	24	52251	-4161	48090	6011
13	Arizona State	6	1	14	15	14	14	43031	-1824	41207	5886
14	Nebraska	7	1	15	17	16	16	46340	-416	45924	5740
15	Georgia Tech	6	2	-	-	-	-	50418	-5943	44475	5559
16	Michigan State	7	1	8	8	5	9	44900	-973	43927	5490
17	TCU	6	1	7	10	10	5	38113	-3	38110	5444
18	Clemson	6	2	21	22	21	21	43782	-1002	42780	5347
19	Kansas State	6	1	9	11	11	11	37286	0	37286	5326
20	West Virginia	6	2	20	20	22	17	41710	-3	41707	5213
21	Duke	6	1	24	24	24	23	37909	-2639	35270	5038
22	Baylor	6	1	13	12	12	12	35122	-3	35119	5017
23	Oklahoma	5	2	18	19	20	20	34446	-4	34442	4920
24	Miami (FL)	5	3	-	-	-	-	43121	-5820	37301	4662
25	USC	5	3	-	-	-	-	47125	-10959	36166	4520
26	Colorado State	7	1	-	-	-	-	38537	-2616	35921	4490
27	East Carolina	6	1	23	21	19	22	33362	-2224	31138	4448
28	Boise State	6	2	-	-	-	-	41222	-5897	35325	4415
29	Iowa	5	2	-	-	-	-	33508	-4560	28948	4135
30	South Carolina	4	4	-	-	-	-	36571	-4947	31624	3953
31	Ohio State	6	1	16	13	13	15	35260	-9123	26137	3733
32	Missouri	6	2	-	-	-	-	37864	-8971	28893	3611
33	North Carolina	4	4	-	-	-	-	36705	-10579	26126	3265
34	Iowa State	2	5	-	-	-	-	24150	-3349	20801	2971
35	Texas A&M	5	3	-	-	-	-	23294	0	23294	2911
36	Wisconsin	5	2	-	-	-	-	24218	-5606	18612	2658
37	Louisville	6	2	25	-	-	25	27135	-6484	20651	2581
38	Maryland	5	3	-	-	-	-	26453	-6649	19804	2475
39	Marshall	8	0	-	23	23	-	19547	0	19547	2443
40	Nevada	5	3	-	-	-	-	25341	-5985	19356	2419
41	Minnesota	6	2	-	-	-	-	25197	-6026	19171	2396
42	Stanford	5	3	-	-	-	-	24877	-5730	19147	2393
43	Kentucky	5	3	-	-	-	-	20719	-1855	18864	2358
44	Oklahoma State	5	3	-	-	-	-	18320	-7	18313	2289
45	Virginia Tech	4	4	-	-	-	-	38488	-20358	18130	2266
46	Utah State	5	3	-	-	-	-	20492	-4762	15730	1966
47	Florida	3	3	-	-	-	-	15736	-4112	11624	1937
48	Washington	5	3	-	-	-	-	18950	-4285	14665	1833
49	California	4	4	-	-	-	-	21102	-6841	14261	1782
50	Virginia	4	4	-	-	-	-	27219	-13360	13859	1732

Other rankings that might be interesting...

Quality of wins + Quality of losses only
Rank	Team	CFP	AP	Score
1	Mississippi State	1	1	78281
2	Oregon	5	5	75701
3	Auburn	3	4	68723
4	Arizona	12	14	63825
5	Ole Miss	4	7	63593
6	LSU	19	16	56111
7	Florida State	2	2	53474
8	Alabama	6	3	49702
9	UCLA	22	25	48090
10	Nebraska	15	17	45924
11	Utah	17	18	45591
12	Georgia	11	9	45533
13	Georgia Tech	-	-	44475
14	Notre Dame	10	6	44088
15	Michigan State	8	8	43927
16	Clemson	21	22	42780
17	West Virginia	20	20	41707
18	Arizona State	14	15	41207
19	TCU	7	10	38110
20	Miami (FL)	-	-	37301
21	Kansas State	9	11	37286
22	USC	-	-	36166
23	Colorado State	-	-	35921
24	Boise State	-	-	35325
25	Duke	24	24	35270
26	Baylor	13	12	35119
27	Oklahoma	18	19	34442
28	South Carolina	-	-	31624
29	East Carolina	23	21	31138
30	Iowa	-	-	28948
31	Missouri	-	-	28893
32	Ohio State	16	13	26137
33	North Carolina	-	-	26126
34	Texas A&M	-	-	23294
35	Iowa State	-	-	20801
36	Louisville	25	-	20651
37	Maryland	-	-	19804
38	Marshall	-	23	19547
39	Nevada	-	-	19356
40	Minnesota	-	-	19171
41	Stanford	-	-	19147
42	Kentucky	-	-	18864
43	Wisconsin	-	-	18612
44	Oklahoma State	-	-	18313
45	Virginia Tech	-	-	18130
46	Utah State	-	-	15730
47	Washington	-	-	14665
48	California	-	-	14261
49	Virginia	-	-	13859
50	Florida	-	-	11624

Quality of wins
Rank	Team	CFP	AP	Score
1	Mississippi State	1	1	78281
2	Oregon	5	5	77879
3	Arizona	12	14	68756
4	Auburn	3	4	68723
5	Ole Miss	4	7	63593
6	LSU	19	16	56111
7	Florida State	2	2	53474
8	Utah	17	18	52807
9	UCLA	22	25	52251
10	Georgia Tech	-	-	50418
11	Alabama	6	3	49702
12	Georgia	11	9	47757
13	USC	-	-	47125
14	Nebraska	15	17	46340
15	Michigan State	8	8	44900
16	Notre Dame	10	6	44088
17	Clemson	21	22	43782
18	Miami (FL)	-	-	43121
19	Arizona State	14	15	43031
20	West Virginia	20	20	41710
21	Boise State	-	-	41222
22	Colorado State	-	-	38537
23	Virginia Tech	-	-	38488
24	TCU	7	10	38113
25	Duke	24	24	37909
26	Missouri	-	-	37864
27	Kansas State	9	11	37286
28	North Carolina	-	-	36705
29	South Carolina	-	-	36571
30	Ohio State	16	13	35260
31	Baylor	13	12	35122
32	Oklahoma	18	19	34446
33	Iowa	-	-	33508
34	East Carolina	23	21	33362
35	Pittsburgh	-	-	30036
36	Virginia	-	-	27219
37	Louisville	25	-	27135
38	Maryland	-	-	26453
39	Nevada	-	-	25341
40	Minnesota	-	-	25197
41	Stanford	-	-	24877
42	Wisconsin	-	-	24218
43	Iowa State	-	-	24150
44	Washington State	-	-	23856
45	Boston College	-	-	23825
46	Texas A&M	-	-	23294
47	California	-	-	21102
48	Air Force	-	-	20742
49	Kentucky	-	-	20719
50	Utah State	-	-	20492

Quality of losses
Rank	Team	CFP	AP	Score
1	Florida State	2	2	0
1	Ole Miss	4	7	0
1	LSU	19	16	0
1	Notre Dame	10	6	0
1	Mississippi State	1	1	0
1	Marshall	-	23	0
1	Auburn	3	4	0
1	Texas A&M	-	-	0
1	Alabama	6	3	0
1	Kansas State	9	11	0
11	West Virginia	20	20	-3
11	TCU	7	10	-3
11	Baylor	13	12	-3
14	Oklahoma	18	19	-4
15	Oklahoma State	-	-	-7
16	Louisiana Tech	-	-	-13
17	UTEP	-	-	-226
18	Nebraska	15	17	-416
19	Texas Tech	-	-	-467
20	Michigan State	8	8	-973
21	Clemson	21	22	-1002
21	Arkansas	-	-	-1002
23	Arizona State	14	15	-1824
24	Kentucky	-	-	-1855
25	Oregon	5	5	-2178
26	East Carolina	23	21	-2224
26	Georgia	11	9	-2224
28	Colorado State	-	-	-2616
29	Louisiana-Lafayette	-	-	-2629
30	Duke	24	24	-2639
31	Tennessee	-	-	-2860
32	Iowa State	-	-	-3349
33	South Alabama	-	-	-3373
34	Florida	-	-	-4112
35	UCLA	22	25	-4161
36	Washington	-	-	-4285
37	Iowa	-	-	-4560
38	Kansas	-	-	-4729
39	Utah State	-	-	-4762
40	Arizona	12	14	-4931
41	South Carolina	-	-	-4947
42	Arkansas State	-	-	-5135
43	Wisconsin	-	-	-5606
44	Stanford	-	-	-5730
45	Miami (FL)	-	-	-5820
46	Boise State	-	-	-5897
47	Georgia Tech	-	-	-5943
48	Nevada	-	-	-5985
49	Minnesota	-	-	-6026
50	Syracuse	-	-	-6423

Strength of Schedule
Rank	Team	CFP	AP	Score
1	Arkansas	-	-	52992
2	Auburn	3	4	50385
3	Texas A&M	-	-	44366
4	Alabama	6	3	44348
5	Washington State	-	-	43979
6	UCLA	22	25	41807
7	Ole Miss	4	7	40456
8	LSU	19	16	38486
9	Kansas State	9	11	37937
10	Tennessee	-	-	37622
11	Colorado	-	-	36874
12	West Virginia	20	20	36394
13	Kansas	-	-	35906
14	Texas	-	-	35685
15	South Carolina	-	-	35547
16	Oklahoma State	-	-	35472
17	Iowa State	-	-	35235
18	USC	-	-	34444
19	Stanford	-	-	34336
20	Miami (FL)	-	-	34128
21	California	-	-	33986
22	Texas Tech	-	-	33943
23	Utah	17	18	32595
24	North Carolina	-	-	31525
25	Arizona State	14	15	31344
26	Mississippi State	1	1	31061
27	Arizona	12	14	30210
28	Oregon	5	5	30204
29	Kentucky	-	-	30108
30	Georgia	11	9	29658
31	TCU	7	10	26382
32	Virginia Tech	-	-	26120
33	Florida	-	-	26028
34	Oregon State	-	-	25908
35	Washington	-	-	25594
36	Syracuse	-	-	25251
37	Purdue	-	-	25183
38	Virginia	-	-	24978
39	Oklahoma	18	19	24253
40	Vanderbilt	-	-	23716
41	Louisville	25	-	22905
42	Notre Dame	10	6	22881
43	Florida State	2	2	22798
44	Northwestern	-	-	22686
45	Clemson	21	22	22675
46	Georgia Tech	-	-	22130
47	Pittsburgh	-	-	21127
48	Maryland	-	-	20490
49	Minnesota	-	-	20129
50	Michigan	-	-	18918
51	Missouri	-	-	18798
52	Wisconsin	-	-	18428
53	North Carolina State	-	-	18151
54	Illinois	-	-	15813
55	Wake Forest	-	-	15198
56	Nebraska	15	17	15043
57	Indiana	-	-	14761
58	Boston College	-	-	14747
59	Rutgers	-	-	13757
60	Baylor	13	12	13441
61	Wyoming	-	-	12518
62	Iowa	-	-	12504
63	Michigan State	8	8	10846
64	Southern Miss	-	-	10365
65	Duke	24	24	8219
66	Fresno State	-	-	5868
67	Nevada	-	-	5661
68	San Jose State	-	-	2738
69	Boise State	-	-	1601
70	Louisiana Tech	-	-	762
71	UAB	-	-	-431
72	BYU	-	-	-577
73	UNLV	-	-	-1961
74	Ohio State	16	13	-2296
75	New Mexico	-	-	-2603
76	Penn State	-	-	-3078
77	SMU	-	-	-3271
78	Tulane	-	-	-3715
79	Utah State	-	-	-4249
80	Georgia State	-	-	-5562
81	Hawaii	-	-	-6044
82	Louisiana-Lafayette	-	-	-6522
83	Colorado State	-	-	-7027
84	UTSA	-	-	-7287
85	Middle Tennessee	-	-	-7610
86	Tulsa	-	-	-8474
87	Florida International	-	-	-8535
88	Navy	-	-	-8809
89	Florida Atlantic	-	-	-9486
90	South Florida	-	-	-10579
91	Louisiana-Monroe	-	-	-10909
92	Rice	-	-	-11201
93	Troy	-	-	-12006
94	San Diego State	-	-	-12915
95	North Texas	-	-	-13018
96	Connecticut	-	-	-13321
97	Memphis	-	-	-15354
98	Air Force	-	-	-15685
99	New Mexico State	-	-	-15691
100	Arkansas State	-	-	-15744
101	UTEP	-	-	-16750
102	East Carolina	23	21	-16990
103	Appalachian State	-	-	-17262
104	Cincinnati	-	-	-17926
105	Old Dominion	-	-	-18423
106	Western Kentucky	-	-	-18447
107	UCF	-	-	-19087
108	South Alabama	-	-	-19793
109	Temple	-	-	-20620
110	Idaho	-	-	-22577
111	Eastern Michigan	-	-	-24543
112	Georgia Southern	-	-	-25607
113	Houston	-	-	-27311
114	Texas State	-	-	-27873
115	Marshall	-	23	-29534
116	Ball State	-	-	-29747
117	Western Michigan	-	-	-32813
118	Toledo	-	-	-33814
119	Central Michigan	-	-	-36406
120	Kent State	-	-	-39151
121	Army	-	-	-39629
122	Miami (OH)	-	-	-40914
123	Northern Illinois	-	-	-42276
124	Ohio	-	-	-42606
125	Bowling Green	-	-	-44059
126	Massachusetts	-	-	-52465
127	Buffalo	-	-	-53225
128	Akron	-	-	-56631

Strength of Played Games
Rank	Team	CFP	AP	Score
1	Washington State	-	-	32397
2	Tennessee	-	-	30186
3	LSU	19	16	28288
4	South Carolina	-	-	27165
5	Auburn	3	4	26806
6	California	-	-	26717
7	Texas A&M	-	-	26244
8	Arkansas	-	-	24014
9	UCLA	22	25	23942
10	Oregon	5	5	23606
11	North Carolina	-	-	23046
12	Texas	-	-	22161
13	West Virginia	20	20	21821
14	Miami (FL)	-	-	21605
15	Virginia Tech	-	-	20534
16	Syracuse	-	-	20413
17	Texas Tech	-	-	20204
18	Clemson	21	22	20147
19	Kansas State	9	11	19643
20	USC	-	-	19410
21	Oklahoma State	-	-	19378
22	Iowa State	-	-	18750
23	Ole Miss	4	7	18381
24	Mississippi State	1	1	18311
25	Alabama	6	3	17112
26	Kentucky	-	-	16021
27	Purdue	-	-	15835
28	Nevada	-	-	15108
29	Maryland	-	-	13835
30	SMU	-	-	13499
31	Wyoming	-	-	13327
32	Oklahoma	18	19	13068
33	Northwestern	-	-	12931
34	Kansas	-	-	12226
35	Notre Dame	10	6	11966
36	Southern Miss	-	-	11882
37	Washington	-	-	11831
38	Michigan	-	-	11760
39	TCU	7	10	11711
40	Arizona	12	14	11615
41	Vanderbilt	-	-	11560
42	North Carolina State	-	-	11289
43	Missouri	-	-	11065
44	Florida State	2	2	10864
45	Indiana	-	-	10582
46	Stanford	-	-	10566
47	Florida	-	-	10417
48	Georgia	11	9	9986
49	Colorado	-	-	9948
50	Fresno State	-	-	9891
51	Georgia Tech	-	-	9653
52	Arizona State	14	15	9132
53	Louisiana Tech	-	-	8331
54	Pittsburgh	-	-	7917
55	Boise State	-	-	7788
56	Memphis	-	-	7410
57	Utah	17	18	7384
58	Nebraska	15	17	6571
59	Illinois	-	-	6271
60	Louisiana-Lafayette	-	-	6264
61	Wisconsin	-	-	6166
62	Oregon State	-	-	6000
63	Louisville	25	-	5588
64	San Jose State	-	-	5272
65	Virginia	-	-	4851
66	Duke	24	24	4765
67	Minnesota	-	-	3861
68	Wake Forest	-	-	3654
69	Michigan State	8	8	3255
70	Rutgers	-	-	3183
71	BYU	-	-	2560
72	Arkansas State	-	-	2018
73	Boston College	-	-	2017
74	Utah State	-	-	1755
75	Colorado State	-	-	732
76	UTSA	-	-	695
77	UNLV	-	-	665
78	Iowa	-	-	452
79	Baylor	13	12	-1
80	Troy	-	-	-30
81	UAB	-	-	-247
82	Connecticut	-	-	-739
83	Tulane	-	-	-786
84	Florida Atlantic	-	-	-1810
85	Florida International	-	-	-1910
86	East Carolina	23	21	-2379
87	Hawaii	-	-	-2871
88	Georgia State	-	-	-3277
89	Middle Tennessee	-	-	-3734
90	South Florida	-	-	-3949
91	Cincinnati	-	-	-4996
92	Louisiana-Monroe	-	-	-5241
93	Appalachian State	-	-	-5290
94	North Texas	-	-	-5332
95	Navy	-	-	-5711
96	UCF	-	-	-5801
97	Tulsa	-	-	-6292
98	Air Force	-	-	-7018
99	New Mexico	-	-	-7187
100	Penn State	-	-	-7346
101	UTEP	-	-	-8562
102	Rice	-	-	-9027
103	Ball State	-	-	-9424
104	Toledo	-	-	-9458
105	Ohio State	16	13	-10171
106	Houston	-	-	-10963
107	Western Kentucky	-	-	-11100
108	Old Dominion	-	-	-11255
109	New Mexico State	-	-	-12414
110	San Diego State	-	-	-12471
111	Western Michigan	-	-	-13039
112	Georgia Southern	-	-	-15337
113	Idaho	-	-	-15787
114	Texas State	-	-	-16575
115	Central Michigan	-	-	-17654
116	Eastern Michigan	-	-	-18843
117	South Alabama	-	-	-18937
118	Temple	-	-	-20232
119	Akron	-	-	-22099
120	Ohio	-	-	-22970
121	Marshall	-	23	-23289
122	Kent State	-	-	-23914
123	Buffalo	-	-	-24395
124	Bowling Green	-	-	-24442
125	Army	-	-	-28479
126	Massachusetts	-	-	-33668
127	Miami (OH)	-	-	-34913
128	Northern Illinois	-	-	-35040

Strength of Games Remaining
Rank	Team	CFP	AP	Score
1	Arkansas	-	-	28978
2	Alabama	6	3	27235
3	Colorado	-	-	26926
4	Utah	17	18	25211
5	Stanford	-	-	23769
6	Kansas	-	-	23679
7	Auburn	3	4	23578
8	Arizona State	14	15	22212
9	Ole Miss	4	7	22074
10	Virginia	-	-	20127
11	Oregon State	-	-	19907
12	Georgia	11	9	19672
13	Arizona	12	14	18594
14	Kansas State	9	11	18293
15	Texas A&M	-	-	18122
16	UCLA	22	25	17865
17	Louisville	25	-	17316
18	Iowa State	-	-	16484
19	Minnesota	-	-	16268
20	Oklahoma State	-	-	16094
21	Florida	-	-	15610
22	USC	-	-	15034
23	TCU	7	10	14671
24	West Virginia	20	20	14572
25	Kentucky	-	-	14086
26	Washington	-	-	13763
27	Texas Tech	-	-	13739
28	Texas	-	-	13523
29	Baylor	13	12	13442
30	Pittsburgh	-	-	13209
31	Mississippi State	1	1	12750
32	Boston College	-	-	12729
33	Miami (FL)	-	-	12522
34	Georgia Tech	-	-	12476
35	Wisconsin	-	-	12262
36	Vanderbilt	-	-	12156
37	Iowa	-	-	12052
38	Florida State	2	2	11934
39	Washington State	-	-	11581
40	Wake Forest	-	-	11544
41	Oklahoma	18	19	11184
42	Notre Dame	10	6	10915
43	Rutgers	-	-	10573
44	LSU	19	16	10198
45	Northwestern	-	-	9754
46	Illinois	-	-	9542
47	Purdue	-	-	9348
48	North Carolina	-	-	8478
49	Nebraska	15	17	8472
50	South Carolina	-	-	8382
51	Ohio State	16	13	7875
52	Missouri	-	-	7733
53	Michigan State	8	8	7590
54	Tennessee	-	-	7436
55	California	-	-	7268
56	Michigan	-	-	7158
57	North Carolina State	-	-	6861
58	Maryland	-	-	6655
59	Oregon	5	5	6598
60	Virginia Tech	-	-	5585
61	Syracuse	-	-	4837
62	New Mexico	-	-	4584
63	Penn State	-	-	4267
64	Indiana	-	-	4179
65	Duke	24	24	3454
66	Clemson	21	22	2527
67	UAB	-	-	-183
68	Temple	-	-	-387
69	San Diego State	-	-	-443
70	Wyoming	-	-	-809
71	South Alabama	-	-	-855
72	Southern Miss	-	-	-1516
73	Rice	-	-	-2174
74	Tulsa	-	-	-2181
75	Georgia State	-	-	-2284
76	San Jose State	-	-	-2534
77	UNLV	-	-	-2627
78	Tulane	-	-	-2928
79	Navy	-	-	-3098
80	BYU	-	-	-3137
81	Hawaii	-	-	-3172
82	New Mexico State	-	-	-3277
83	Middle Tennessee	-	-	-3875
84	Fresno State	-	-	-4023
85	Louisiana-Monroe	-	-	-5668
86	Eastern Michigan	-	-	-5700
87	Miami (OH)	-	-	-6000
88	Utah State	-	-	-6004
89	Boise State	-	-	-6187
90	Marshall	-	23	-6244
91	Florida International	-	-	-6625
92	South Florida	-	-	-6630
93	Idaho	-	-	-6789
94	Old Dominion	-	-	-7167
95	Northern Illinois	-	-	-7236
96	Western Kentucky	-	-	-7346
97	Louisiana Tech	-	-	-7569
98	Florida Atlantic	-	-	-7675
99	North Texas	-	-	-7685
100	Colorado State	-	-	-7760
101	UTSA	-	-	-7982
102	UTEP	-	-	-8187
103	Air Force	-	-	-8666
104	Nevada	-	-	-9446
105	Georgia Southern	-	-	-10269
106	Army	-	-	-11149
107	Texas State	-	-	-11298
108	Appalachian State	-	-	-11971
109	Troy	-	-	-11975
110	Connecticut	-	-	-12581
111	Louisiana-Lafayette	-	-	-12787
112	Cincinnati	-	-	-12930
113	UCF	-	-	-13286
114	East Carolina	23	21	-14610
115	Kent State	-	-	-15236
116	Houston	-	-	-16347
117	SMU	-	-	-16771
118	Arkansas State	-	-	-17762
119	Central Michigan	-	-	-18752
120	Massachusetts	-	-	-18797
121	Bowling Green	-	-	-19617
122	Ohio	-	-	-19635
123	Western Michigan	-	-	-19773
124	Ball State	-	-	-20323
125	Memphis	-	-	-22765
126	Toledo	-	-	-24356
127	Buffalo	-	-	-28830
128	Akron	-	-	-34532